"We found that the same number of stores existed before as after."

There were only a small number of stores in the county.

The holding cost increased due increase in number of stores.

Between 1980 and 1986, the number of stores rose to 1,000 from 201.

The number of stores more than doubled to 48 by 1994.

It also had a number of stores, but the last one closed in 1996.

Management changes in 2010 saw the number of stores reduced by 26.

The total number of stores rose only 6 percent, to 1,845,340, in the 1980's.

In 2013 the number of stores had grown to 400.

The company plans to increase its number of stores by 10 to 15 percent annually.